Hi Lars,

Thanks for taking the time, I appreciate it.

I understand the concept and I will test it in our staging.

My concern is, to trigger the RFQ for components I will have to confirm an MO, this creates links to purchases (RFQ) as you say, however there is a risk the procurement team make a purchase as there is a demand for parts and the forecast shows they are required. If we cancel the MO, so there is no longer demand / negative forecast, then the link to purchases disappears.

Maybe the link isn't fully gone? the source of the demand may still exist?

I am also going to investigate getting the required data via exports.

Thanks again.

Graeme

Make to Order process got some disadvantages. Not very flexible. You cannot really change anything, if the process have started. A manufacturing order will normally be automatic confirmed as soon as you confirm the sales order. And the Purchase requisition will also be directly created if the components also have MTO route.

If you want to change anything after the sales order has been confirmed, you would need to cancel the sales order, and check that manufacturing order are cancelled and purchase requisition is cancelled. Reset sales order to Quote, change it and confirm again to restart the process. It is difficult (but not impossible) if you cancel or change a manufacturing order or a purchase order in a MTO flow.

Forecast and requirement: Do not combine reordering rules with MTO process. If a product is set to follow an MTO process, do not use any other tool for replenishment. For finished products, you might set the MTO route to be selected on the sales order. So you can choose. But for components, it will be fixed on the product if you want to use MTO there.

So I think maybe your choice is: Should you have a fixed link from sales order -> manufcature ->purchase components, or should components be purchased by forecast.